wade /weɪd/ star1 CET6+ TEM8 (wading,waded,wades)

• 1.  

  V-I（不及物动词） If you wade through something that makes it difficult to walk, usually water or mud, you walk through it. 蹚 (过水、泥等)

  例：

  Her mother came to find them, wading across a river to reach them.

  她的母亲蹚过河来找他们。

• 2.  

  V-I（不及物动词） To wade through a lot of documents or pieces of information means to spend a lot of time and effort reading them or dealing with them. 费时费力地啃读

  例：

  It has taken a long time to wade through the "incredible volume" of evidence.

  已经花费了很长时间来研读这宗“卷帙浩瀚”的证据。